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Plot Summary:
Beaver Falls is a British comedy-drama that follows a trio of Oxford Brookes University graduates who managed to deceitfully get jobs at Beaver Falls, an elitist American summer camp for the beautiful teenage offspring of California's rich and powerful. The first episode aired on E4 at 27 July 2011. The show was renewed for a second series, which aired on Monday 6 August, also on E4. On 22 September 2012, it was reported that E4 had cancelled Beaver Falls.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, psychological, light, sexy, realistic, semi serious
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As If (2001)
Plot Summary:
As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 906
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, teen
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Huge (2010)
Plot Summary:
Huge is a short lived American drama series that aired on the ABC Family television network. The series is based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Sasha Paley. The hour-long drama series revolves around eight teens sent to a summer weight loss camp called Camp Victory. Winnie Holzman and her daughter Savannah Dooley wrote the pilot. Casting began in January, with production beginning in April 2010. The series premiered on June 28, 2010 at 9 p.m. with 2.53 million viewers. On October 4, 2010 ABC Family announced that Huge was not getting an extra episode order, therefore canceling the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious
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DTLA (2012)
Plot Summary:
DTLA is a gay-themed television series which premiered October 24, 2012. The series was created, and is co-produced and directed by Larry Kennar. It follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles under the slogan: One City, Seven Lives / Old Friends, New Stories. The main seven characters are Lenny, Bryan, Sara Jane, Matthew, Marky, Kai, Stefan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, psychological, captivating, erotic, sensual, touching, semi serious
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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)
Plot Summary:
Follows the counselors and campers on their first day at Camp Firewood in the summer of 1981.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, parody, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty, absurd, funny, entertaining
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Camp (2013)
Plot Summary:
Off the grid and miles from civilization, Little Otter Family Camp has summer fun for everyone. Parents decompress over gin and tonics while their kids run wild, and teenage counselors fall in and out of love. Mackenzie Granger is the camp owner and director. Still reeling from her recent divorce, Mackenzie is ready for a fresh start. She is running things on her own for the first time and scrambling to keep the cash-strapped Little Otter from going under.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Less Than Kind (2008)
Plot Summary:
Less Than Kind is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt, Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. Less Than Kind made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010. The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010.Less Than Kind received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. The title sequence and logo for Less Than Kind were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows pointing in every direction. The name of the series is found in the first line spoken by Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind.".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, sitcom, sentimental, sincere, realistic, semi serious
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Jane by Design (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jane by Design is an American comedy-drama television series on ABC Family. The series followed the life of Jane Quimby, a teenager who had to be mistaken for an adult to finally get her fashion dream job and work with a world-famous designer, Gray Chandler Murray. She has to juggle between two secret lives: one in high school, and one in high fashion. The network green-lighted the series in April 2011. The series premiered on January 3, 2012, following Switched at Birth. On February 29, 2012, the series was given an 8-episode back order. It premiered in the summer on June 5, 2012 and ended on July 31, 2012. On August 17, 2012, ABC Family announced that the show was canceled.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, teen, light
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Physics or Chemistry (2008)
Plot Summary:
Física o Química was a Spanish television series made by Antena 3. The first episode premiered on 4 February 2008. Before its televised broadcast, Física o Química was released on cell phones in Vodafone live! and on the official website of Antena 3. After the success of the first season, which ended on 31 March 2008, Antena 3 announced the filming of a new season which would feature more episodes and few cast changes. The second season premiered on 8 September 2008, with guest appearances by Michel Brown and María Casal, among others; it ended on 8 December 2008. The third season premiered on 13 April 2009 and included new characters portrayed by Óscar Sinela, Sandra Blázquez, Miriam Giovanelli, Adrián Rodríguez, Irene Sánchez and José Manuel Seda, and the entry of character actor Álex Barahona who had already appeared on the show, thus compensating for the departure of Michel Brown, Andrés Cheung, Karim El-Kerem and Xavi Mira. Antena 3 confirmed the filming of the fourth season with Adrián Rodríguez as a regular character and the return of Leonor Martín. Física o Química started its seventh season with the departure of Nuria González, Úrsula Corberó, Angy Fernández and José Manuel Seda. Filming began on 28 February 2011. In May 2011 the series was cancelled due to a fall in viewing figures. On 1 June 2011, the death of a main character caused considerable outcry on the Antena 3 website.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: realistic, erotic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sensual, queer cinema
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SLiDE (2011)
Plot Summary:
The exploits of five 17-year-olds smashing their way into adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 833
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, psychological, humorous, serious, realistic
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Funeral Kings (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is over. Eventually their irreverent personalities will put them in a situation that is too big for them to handle.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious, independent film
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HairBrained (2013)
Plot Summary:
A 14 year old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, freeze frame, teen, independent film, realistic, not serious, interesting
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A.N.T. Farm (2011)
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A.N.T. Farm is a Disney Channel sitcom which premiered on May 6, 2011 as a special preview and continued as a regular series on June 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "transplANTed" aired after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck. The series was created by Dan Signer, a former writer and co-executive producer of The Suite Life on Deck and creator of the Disney XD series Mr. Young. In mid-November 2010, Disney Channel green-lit the series, with production beginning in early 2011. The first promo was released during the premiere of Lemonade Mouth. Taking place in San Francisco, the series stars China Anne McClain, Sierra McCormick and Jake Short are middle-schoolers in a gifted program at their local high school called the "Advanced Natural Talent" or "A.N.T." program. On November 30, 2011, A.N.T. Farm was officially picked up for a second season, which premiered on June 1, 2012 with two back-to-back episodes. On October 2, 2012, A.N.T. Farm was officially renewed for a third season by Disney Channel, which premiered on May 31, 2013 with a one hour special however, it was also announced that Carlon Jeffery will not return for the third season and Aedin Mincks joined the main cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, funny, novela, realistic, fun, nostalgic
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I Just Want My Pants Back (2012)
Plot Summary:
I Just Want My Pants Back is an American comedy-drama that premiered with a special sneak peek on August 28, 2011 on MTV, with the series airing the new episodes beginning on February 2, 2012. The series is based on David J. Rosen's 2007 novel of the same name. On May 16, 2012, MTV cancelled the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good
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I Didn't Do It (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ultra-competitive fraternal twins Lindy and Logan Watson, together with their four best friends, navigate their freshman year of high school. Each episode begins with a comedic "what just happened?" situation as Lindy and Logan each spin their own vivid account of a certain occurrence or predicament. The series utilizes flashback scenes to tell the siblings' unique stories.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, sitcom, semi serious, nostalgic
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Sweet Valley High (1994)
Plot Summary:
Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series very loosely based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment. The rights are now held by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. After three seasons in syndication, the show moved to UPN for its fourth season, where it was canceled due to low ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sweet, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Fresh Meat (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining, erotic, dark comedy, sensual, realistic
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The Inbetweeners (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers navigating high school and charging into adulthood the way everyone does... by taking one step forward and three steps back.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light, sitcom, sexual, sexy, teen comedy
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Aliens in America (2007)
Plot Summary:
Aliens in America is an American sitcom created by David Guarascio and Moses Port that aired on The CW for one season from 2007–2008. Guarascio and Port also served as executive producers of the show alongside Tim Doyle. Luke Greenfield directed the pilot. The show is about an American teenager in Wisconsin whose family takes in a Muslim foreign exchange student from Pakistan.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Hard Times of RJ Berger was an American television comedy series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger an unpopular sophomore at the fictional Pinkerton High School in Ohio who has an exceptionally large penis. Berger's two best friends are Miles Jenner, whose ambitions for popularity cause him to clash with Berger, and goth girl Lily Miran, who has been lusting after Berger for several years. Berger's love interest is Jenny Swanson, a cheerleader who is involved with Max Owens, a popular jock and bully. The show is presented as a coming of age story and has been described by Katzenberg and Grahame-Smith as a blend of the television series The Wonder Years and the film Superbad. The pilot episode premiered on June 6, 2010, and the first season of 12 episodes concluded August 23, 2010. MTV renewed The Hard Times of RJ Berger for a second season, which premiered on March 24, 2011, and concluded on May 30, 2011, but canceled the show that August.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, melancholic, disturbing, feel good, teen comedy
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Skins (2011)
Plot Summary:
A wild ride through the lives of a group of high school friends stumbling through the mine field of adolescence... and stepping on most of the mines as they go.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, sexy, touching, semi serious, sexual, sex comedy, teen, controversial
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Awkward. (2011)
Plot Summary:
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, realistic, sitcom, teen, funny, romantic, captivating, entertaining, independent film
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Underemployed (2012)
Plot Summary:
Five friends learn to deal with the harsh realities of life after college.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, realistic, independent film
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Life As We Know It (2004)
Plot Summary:
See life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women. Together, their attitudes about women are challenged, and they discover there's more to life than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, melancholic, sentimental, romantic, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Some Girls (2012)
Plot Summary:
Some Girls is a British comedy series written by Bernadette Davis that airs on BBC Three. The show stars Adelayo Adedayo, Mandeep Dhillon, Alice Felgate, Natasha Jonas, Dolly Wells, Colin Salmon, Jassa Ahluwalia and Franz Drameh. It debuted on 6 November 2012 and the first series ran for six episodes. BBC Three announced at the end of the first series that the show would return for a second series. On 18 September 2013, they confirmed that each episode of the second series will premiere on BBC iPlayer a week ahead of being broadcast on BBC Three. The first episode became available on iPlayer on 23 September and will be broadcast on BBC Three on 30 September with the rest of the series following that trend.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sincere, realistic, semi serious
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State of Grace (2001)
Plot Summary:
State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, retro, sitcom, realistic
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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Plot Summary:
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, semi serious, sitcom, dark comedy, teen, captivating, retro, cliffhanger, funny
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Staten Island Summer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, romantic, semi serious, sex comedy, realistic, sexy, feel good, melancholic
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The Inbetweeners (2008)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, North Korea, Russia, China
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy, realistic, funny, dark comedy, sexual, erotic
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Never Have I Ever (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining, psychological, saga, scenic, teen comedy
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Gippi (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gippi is a coming-of-age story of an ordinary, overweight girl, who, through the course of the film, learns to love herself for exactly who she is. It is also a tale of an underdog, who picks herself up from nothing and finds herself at the top of her own little world.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 887
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, realistic, semi serious